Instead of on

The needs of others.

By far,

The hardest part,

About the part

That Naaman had to do,2 Kings 5:11-14

Was to believe

That something

So simple,

And so opposite

Of what he thought

We ought to do,

Could really work.

But it really did.

So too,

With she who fed Elijah.1 Kings 17:8-12

Or like when

The twelve disciples

Saw the hungry multitude.Mark 8:1-10

Or like the time

They almost never

Cast their empty net,

Because they just knew,

That the Stranger

On the shore,

Was surely all wet.John 21:3-6

But He wasn't.

And He still

Stands there yet,

Asking us to cast

Our empty net,

Into the sea of the needs

Of those around us.

To help them see

That our greatest need,

Is to focus on the needs

Of those around us,

Instead of being focused

On our empty net.

Because He,

From whose feet

Flows the River of Life,Revelation 22:1

Whose waters,

Water the Tree of Life,

Whose leaves

Are for the healing

Of the nations.Revelation 22:2

Is the very same "He,"

Whose feet were nailed

To the tree

That took His life,

Which becomes to us